1940
Frances
2013
Frances Lula Roscoe
December 16, 1940 — September 27, 2013
Frances “Fran” Roscoe passed away Friday, September 27 in Amarillo. Services will be held Tuesday, October 1 at 2:00 pm in the chapel at Hillside Christian Church at Hillside and Soncy with Rev. Mike Nuthman, Pastor Larry Mitchell, of the First Baptist Church in Wheeler, officiating and V.A. Trussell to assist with services. Burial will be in Llano East Cemetery.
Frances was born December 16, 1940 in Memphis, Texas to Ardell and LaVerne Trussell. She was the second child of five children. She grew up in the Wichita Falls area and the Pantex community. She attended schools in Panhandle. She graduated from Beauty School as a hair dresser and sold beauty supplies for different companies. In 1966, she moved to Overland Park, Kansas and later to Fort Worth. She and her family returned to Amarillo in 1976 where she worked for Wiley Hicks Construction Company and then worked for Doctor Baay. Frances married Fred Roscoe in 1988 and at that time moved to Dumas and became a homemaker.
Frances was a woman of many talents. She was gifted in flower arranging, gardening, and canning foods. She was an excellent cook, and her family agrees that her fried chicken was the best. She also worked with stain glass, creating beautiful step stone creations.
She was a loving mother, sister, aunt, daughter, and wife. She especially delighted in her grandchildren. She prayed for strides to be made in the treatment of Autism and believed there would be a cure for her grandson, Josh, and dreamed of his growing up strong and healthy. Along with that, she prayed for a cure for Type 1 Juvenile Diabetes for her granddaughter, Mackenzie. Her hopes were that her granddaughters would live life to the fullest and be as successful in life as their mothers whom she raised as a single mom. She wanted all of her grandchildren not to “set life out” but to DANCE. She was also tickled with delight with her only great-granddaughter, Tynlee and wished for her beautiful blessings. She was so proud of her family. They were her “opus.”
We, her family, will miss her in every way, and after her diagnosis of stomach cancer in 2011, she taught each one of us the stance of a warrior. She surprised not only her children and family, but the medical community who treated her in outliving every time line set for her. She was a fighter and taught us the meaning of “spunk. “
As a family, we would like to thank Dr. Shane Holloway and his staff along with Jennifer Conrad, Dr. Weis, Dr. Leak, and the sweet nurses with Hospice Care of the Southwest.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Fred; a sister, Ginger Dungan; and a beloved aunt, Goldie.
Survivors include her four beautiful daughters: Denise Huebner of Austin; Terri Gately and husband Martin of Amarillo; Stefanie Jones and husband David of Wheeler; and Melanie Porter and husband Wade of Bushland. Other survivors include two sisters: Sharon Rivers of Hamilton, Ohio, and Cindy Cotgreave and husband Bruce of Amarillo; one brother: V.A. Trussell and wife Alta of Mansfield. Precious grandchildren: Jennifer Murray and husband Derek; Maggie and Shelby Jones; Mackenzie, Avery, and Josh Porter of Bushland; and one great-granddaughter Tynlee Murray. She is also survived by several loving nieces and nephews. She is survived also by a life- long friend, Juanita Tortella, of Amarillo.
Visitation will be Monday, September 30, from 6 to 7 pm at Schooler Funeral Home, 4100 S. Georgia Street.
Gifts can be made to www.autismspeaks.org or the Panhandle Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation at 3611 Soncy Road Suite 6-A, 79121 in memory of Frances Roscoe.
Frances was born December 16, 1940 in Memphis, Texas to Ardell and LaVerne Trussell. She was the second child of five children. She grew up in the Wichita Falls area and the Pantex community. She attended schools in Panhandle. She graduated from Beauty School as a hair dresser and sold beauty supplies for different companies. In 1966, she moved to Overland Park, Kansas and later to Fort Worth. She and her family returned to Amarillo in 1976 where she worked for Wiley Hicks Construction Company and then worked for Doctor Baay. Frances married Fred Roscoe in 1988 and at that time moved to Dumas and became a homemaker.
Frances was a woman of many talents. She was gifted in flower arranging, gardening, and canning foods. She was an excellent cook, and her family agrees that her fried chicken was the best. She also worked with stain glass, creating beautiful step stone creations.
She was a loving mother, sister, aunt, daughter, and wife. She especially delighted in her grandchildren. She prayed for strides to be made in the treatment of Autism and believed there would be a cure for her grandson, Josh, and dreamed of his growing up strong and healthy. Along with that, she prayed for a cure for Type 1 Juvenile Diabetes for her granddaughter, Mackenzie. Her hopes were that her granddaughters would live life to the fullest and be as successful in life as their mothers whom she raised as a single mom. She wanted all of her grandchildren not to “set life out” but to DANCE. She was also tickled with delight with her only great-granddaughter, Tynlee and wished for her beautiful blessings. She was so proud of her family. They were her “opus.”
We, her family, will miss her in every way, and after her diagnosis of stomach cancer in 2011, she taught each one of us the stance of a warrior. She surprised not only her children and family, but the medical community who treated her in outliving every time line set for her. She was a fighter and taught us the meaning of “spunk. “
As a family, we would like to thank Dr. Shane Holloway and his staff along with Jennifer Conrad, Dr. Weis, Dr. Leak, and the sweet nurses with Hospice Care of the Southwest.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Fred; a sister, Ginger Dungan; and a beloved aunt, Goldie.
Survivors include her four beautiful daughters: Denise Huebner of Austin; Terri Gately and husband Martin of Amarillo; Stefanie Jones and husband David of Wheeler; and Melanie Porter and husband Wade of Bushland. Other survivors include two sisters: Sharon Rivers of Hamilton, Ohio, and Cindy Cotgreave and husband Bruce of Amarillo; one brother: V.A. Trussell and wife Alta of Mansfield. Precious grandchildren: Jennifer Murray and husband Derek; Maggie and Shelby Jones; Mackenzie, Avery, and Josh Porter of Bushland; and one great-granddaughter Tynlee Murray. She is also survived by several loving nieces and nephews. She is survived also by a life- long friend, Juanita Tortella, of Amarillo.
Visitation will be Monday, September 30, from 6 to 7 pm at Schooler Funeral Home, 4100 S. Georgia Street.
Gifts can be made to www.autismspeaks.org or the Panhandle Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation at 3611 Soncy Road Suite 6-A, 79121 in memory of Frances Roscoe.
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